Showersdirect

November 2023

Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because your account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. Also, your username gives the impression that the account represents a business, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

If you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization, you may request unblock and a username change. In your reasons, you must:

• Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the paid-contribution disclosure requirement; and
• Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked; and
• Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked; and
• Provide a new username.

To do this, post the text {{unblock-spamun|Your proposed new username|Your reason here}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked.

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Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:08, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Note to reviewing admin: They came to me through the mentorship module and put a question on my talk about writing an article and I explicitly warned them NOT to write about their employer or etc. See [1] Seawolf35 (talk - email) 17:44, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I was attempting to add a citation, yes I am writing on behalf of the business I work for but not as means of paid promotion, promotional activity, to help create awareness of the brand and for a better understanding of our history in the hopes it would be another resource for users.

Decline reason:

"Helping create awareness of the brand" is very specifically promotion. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 21:45, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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